The Americans as a nation are killing themselves with their vices and high living. As much as a man ought to eat in half an hour they swallow in three minutes gulping down their food like the [dog] under the table which when a chunk of meat is thrown down to it swallows it before you can say 'twice.' If you want a reform carry out the advice I have just given you. Dispense with your multitudinous dishes, and, depend upon it, you will do much towards preserving your families from sickness, disease and death.
Mend it, fix it, make do, or do without. - Brigham Young
Mend it, fix it, make do, or do without.
- Brigham Young
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own? - Brigham Young
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?
Every trial and experience you have passed through is necessary for your salvation. - Brigham Young
Every trial and experience you have passed through is necessary for your salvation.
Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up. - Brigham Young
Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.
He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool. - Brigham Young
He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.
Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you. - Brigham Young
Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.
The Lord created you and me for the purpose of becoming Gods like himself. - Brigham Young
The Lord created you and me for the purpose of becoming Gods like himself.
We went west willingly--because we had to. - Brigham Young
We went west willingly--because we had to.
If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from. - Brigham Young
If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.
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